My Expanding Bookshelf

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  The Broke and The Bookish .  This weeks topic is 10 books recently added to your TBR list.

Title: Warm Bodies Series: Warm Bodies Author: Isaac Marion Published: 2013 (originally 2010), Vintage Books Pages: 239 Source: Bought Format: Paperback Rating: 4.5/5 R is a zombie. He has no memories, no identity, and no pulse, but he is a little different from his fellow dead. And then he meets a girl. First as his prisoner, then as his reluctant guest, Julie is a blast of colour in R's grey landscape, and something inside him begins to bloom. He doesn't want to eat her, he wants to protect her. He wants to breathe again. He wants to live. This unlikely bond will cause transformations they can't imagine, but their hopeless world won't change without a fight.

Book Beginnings is a meme hosted every Friday by  Rose City Reader  where you share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires.  Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name.

Title: We Go Again Author: Michael Cargill Published: 20/01/2015 Pages: 129 Source: Review copy received from author Format: Ebook Rating: 3/5 "Not long after surviving the horrors of D-Day, Corporal James Bowden finds himself as part of a small group of soldiers marching through Nazi-occupied France.  Supplied with orders that are vague and unspecific and surrounded by men he doesn't know, will James survive society's desire for justice and revenge?"

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and The Bookish .  This week's topic is 10 books from our childhood or teen years that we'd like to revisit.  This is my first time doing Top Ten Tuesday - the topic was too good not to.

Teaser Tuesdays  is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by  A Daily Rhythm . Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Musing Mondays  is a weekly meme hosted by A Daily Rhythm that asks you to choose one of the following prompts to answer: I’m currently reading… Up next I think I’ll read… I bought the following book(s) in the past week… I’m super excited to tell you about (book/author/bookish-news)… I’m really upset by (book/author/bookish-news)… I can’t wait to get a copy of… I wish I could read ___, but… I blogged about ____ this past week…

Title: Awaken Series: Abandon Author: Meg Cabot Published: 26/09/2013, MacMillan Children's Books Pages: 352 Source: bought Rating: 4/5 Death has her in his clutches. Seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera knew by accepting the lov of John Hayden she'd be forced to live forever in the one place she's always dreaded most: the Underworld. The sacrifice seemed worth it though, because it meant she could be with the boy she loves. If the balance between life and death isn't fixed,both the Underworld and Pierce's home back on Earth will be wped away. But there's only one way to restore order: someone has to die.

Book Beginnings is a meme hosted every Friday by  Rose City Reader  where you share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires.   Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name.

Title: Safe Author: Dawn Husted Published: 2013, Amazon Digital Services Inc Pages: 272 Source: review copy received via author Format: Ebook Rating: 3/5 Post-apocalypse; Penelope Evans is eighteen, living in the Colony along with her family and other survivors. She finishes a day in the laboratory when her identification card begins flashing. This flash starts an upheaval of events leading further from her normality and towards the epic truth. James Garak is attending the Academy where he works on achieving a higher rank. Nobody ever expects Penelope and James' relationship to last long. A year later, they're still together. But when they are forced to run, Penelope's world turns upside down as she discovers the truth that changes their life forever. with lives at stake and guards on their trail, will they make it to safety? Will the dishonest lies behind the island's buraeucracy shatter her existence or give her the drive to find a sister she never knew exist

Teaser Tuesdays  is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by  A Daily Rhythm . Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Title: The Princess Bride Author: William Goldman Published: 2008, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Pages: 317 Source: Bought Format: Paperback Rating: 5/5 Get ready for some poison, revenge, giants, snakes, spiders, fencing, lies, miracles... oh, and a long and perilous chase. When Westley the farm boy is captured by Dread Pirate Roberts, there is no hope of him surviving. Prince Humperdinck is then free to wreak havoc and cpature the beautiful Buttercup for himself. So who, then, is the mysterios Man in Black, seeming to thwart Humperdinck at every turn? Can he possibly succeed in stopping the evil prince? All will be revealed in one of the most terrifying, funny, and swashbuckling stories ever written. Ever.

Musing Mondays  is a weekly meme hosted by  A Daily Rhythm  that asks you to choose one of the following prompts to answer: I’m currently reading… Up next I think I’ll read… I bought the following book(s) in the past week… I’m super excited to tell you about (book/author/bookish-news)… I’m really upset by (book/author/bookish-news)… I can’t wait to get a copy of… I wish I could read ___, but… I blogged about ____ this past week…

Book Beginnings is a meme hosted every Friday by  Rose City Reader  where you share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires.   Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name. 

Title: The Book Thief Author: Markus Zusak Published: 2012, Random House Children's Publishers Pages: 584 Source: Bought Format: Paperback Rating 4/5 This is the tale of the Book Thief as narrated by death. And when death tells a story you really have to listen. It is just a small story really, about, amongst other things: a girl, an accordionist; some fanatical Germans; a Jewish first fighter; and quite a lot of thievery.

Teaser Tuesdays  is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by A Daily Rhythm . Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

Book Beginnings is a meme hosted every Friday by Rose City Reader where you share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires.   Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name. 

Title: The Perks of Being a Wallflower Author: Stephen Chbosky Published: 01/08/2012, Simon & Schuster UK Ltd Pages: 231 Source: Bought Format: Paperback Rating: 5/5 Charlie's not the biggest geek in high school but he's by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent, yet socially awkward, Charlie is a wallflower, standing on the threshold of his life whilst watching everyone else live theirs. As Charlie tries to navigate his way through uncharted territory - the world of first dates and mixtapes, family drama and new friends - he realises that he can't stay on the sideline forever. There comes a time when you have to see what life looks like from the dance floor.

What Are You Reading Wednesdays is a weekly meme hosted by Its A Reading Thing . Grab the book you are currently reading and answer the following questions. What’s the name of your current read? Go to page 34 in your book or 34% in your eBook and share one complete sentence. Would you like to live in the world that exists within your book? Why or why not?

Teaser Tuesdays  is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of  Should Be Reading . Anyone can play along! Just do the following: • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page •  BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!  (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) • Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Musing Mondays  is a weekly meme that asks you to choose one of the following prompts to answer: I’m currently reading… Up next I think I’ll read… I bought the following book(s) in the past week… I’m super excited to tell you about (book/author/bookish-news)… I’m really upset by (book/author/bookish-news)… I can’t wait to get a copy of… I wish I could read ___, but… I blogged about ____ this past week…